. >> if i could follow up on that, nancy miller, as a result of the senate committee, we are hearing where many of these issues were brought out. there is a group that is meeting. they're working to develop a list of legislative issues to be drafted into legislation for next year. i think they are thinking about waiting for the report to come in to finalize that. the idea is definitely to go to the legislature this next session with some legislation to repeal and modify and amend some of these provisions. commissioner mirkarimi: if i am not mistaken, they are talking about the part of the modifications, clarifying and strengthening the laws govern for municipalities. it is also cpuc reform that is part of this. >> that is correct. the list i have seen as fairly extensive and includes a number of things, such as the three- year rule. the problem with litigation as it is just a long, expensive process. there is limited resources for this program. litigation is not usually the best option. commissioner schmeltzer: i just wanted to follow up on commissioner campos' question. my guess is

nancy miller was there as well as commissioner mirkarimi. the committee was interested in what legislation might be helpful to promote cca in california. the issues raised were related to some of the challenges you have all heard here, like putting some real teeth into the laws that would -- the law says that pg&e should fully cooperate with cca. there should be some legislative changes to really compel them to cooperate, and what that would mean. we talked about some of the existing rules about benefit fees and the application for energy efficiency. participating customers are creating a subsidy where they are paying for benefits that accrue to the investor-owned portfolio and their energy supply portfolio. it was a well attended hearing, and the senators were very receptive to what they were hearing. a ton of she wants to add to that now or later -- i do not know if she wants to add to that now or later. commissioner mirkarimi: please. maybe we'll pepper this in, but i of appreciated your comments. from the portion that i missed of your fi

i was invited to speak at that meeting, as were marin and san joaquin folks, as well as nancy miller and chairman mirkarimi. i know president vietor was also in attendance. we gave presentations to the senator to discuss the issues we are facing with pg&e and areas where the enabling legislation could be beefed up. i think that was a good conversation, and hopefully, we will see movement in sacramento associated with those points. we are aggressively participating in a number of proceedings alongside our allies. we are really pushing back on the role that make cca success all the more difficult. one place where we are fighting is the adjustment to the exit fee structure. exit fees will be levied on the customer. what we wound up doing, we are pretty much pro forma applications, utilities, pg&e in our case, what put forward to the puc to get a rubber stamp. those could include approval for using a method of attack the exit fee. that has not been looked at since it was said in 2006. we noted there was a systematic bias, and that makes the exit fee higher than we believe is appropriate.

>> nancy miller again. a good outcome of this meeting might be to ask staff to come back at our next meeting to talk about the legislative issues that we may want to support, to ask our legislators for some of these corrections in the law. commissioner mirkarimi: why don't we then go a step further? based on this panel hearing, the testimony that a number of us engaged in and what has come from that, literally go to legislation. use those elements to and try to support what those are from the puc commission and from the board of supervisors so we can contemplate some level of affirmation that this is the right direction we want to go, and then see the city and county of san francisco support it through that legislative instrument. we can pull that together. >> i would like to support that as well, and even go a step further, and possibly have a resolution urging the cpuc or the legislature to direct the cpuc to change the three-year tariff rule. if there are other issues we can weigh in on, at least start t

then dan bernal, speaker of the house nancy pelosi's director. we have megan miller, field representative for barbara boxer. also joinin us is the vice presidnent. moving here is a great treat for gsa. it will the -- be the hub of activity. this will be a state-of-the-art facility. during the depression, arthur brown jr. designed a new federal building in san francisco. he went out of his way to make this a complementary feature of the nearly-completed pacific center area. the civic center is a scene of events of great importance, including the founding of the united nations and the peace treaties with world war ii. this shows as a poll reform moving to the united states. the architecture and plans are regarded as some of the finest and most complete manifestations of the beautiful movement. there is a scholar of classical architecture that says that this is the greatest ensembles of architecture in america. in 1899, the mayor was considering concepts the proposed establishing the grand civic center for san francisco. and leon know what had happened. after the earthq

and local members of congress, nancy pelosi and george miller among those leading today's rally calling for another lifeline for unemployed workers. the senate failed to meet last night's midnight deadline to extend federal benefits for the long-term unemployed. that means about 800,000 people are going to stop getting their money today. two million americans will lose their benefits by the end of the year if congress does not act. republicans and some democrats are blocking the extension because they say it will add to the federal deficit. but democratic leaders are ridiculing that argument. >> it doesn't make any sense. our economy still has a long way to go on the road to recovery. there are five job seekers for every open position today. the unemployment rate stands at 9.6%. and senate republicans really think that now is a good time to cut families off from the support that they depend on? >> reporter: the average weekly pay for people who get federal unemployment benefits is about $300. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now that the penta

local members of congress, nancy pelosi, and george miller are among those leading today's rally, calling for another lifeline for unemployed workers. congress failed to meet last night's midnight deadline to extend federal benefits for the long-term unemployed. that means about 800,000 people will stop getting their money today. 2million americans, including 5 00,000 californians, will lose their benefits by the end of the year if congress does not act. republicans and some democrats are blocking the benefit's extension because they say it will add to the defendant sit. democratic leaders are r idiculing the argument. >> it doesn't make any sense. our economy still has a long way to go on the road to recover. near are -- there are five job seekers for every open position. the unemployment rate stands at 9.6% and senate republicans think now is a good time to cut families off from the support they depend on? >> now we're take taking a live look at the senate floor. we're waiting to find out if there will be any more des -- deals today to extend u nemployment insurance. i just talked to a

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miller. there are no two legislators in the history of the united states congress that have done more for children than nancy pelosi and george miller. i'm proud to come down and support the bill that they are supporting. look, the largest cost of the united states government is health care. it's a no-brainer that if you want to cut the cost of government, you've got to invest in wellness. the biggest investment in wellness is children. we can't just be concerned with what we are putting in their minds without being equally concerned what we are putting in their stomachs. you can't will a healthy america without nutrition. we paid little attention to it. this bill is a start, is a beginning, a better wellness in america, healthier kids with healthier minds so that we can grow to be a competitive country and a healthy country and bring down the cost of government. for you that are opposing this bill is nonsensical. it's one of those issues where you raise the cost of everything. but have no understanding of the value of what you're trying to defeat. the value is the healthier america. that brings down cost. i

nancy pelosi. [applause] two outstanding senators, blanche lincoln and tom harkin who worked so hard to get this done. [applause] members of the house of representatives, miller, the plats.or and [applause] >> and three of my outstanding members of the cabinet to work tirelessly on this issue, secretary of agricultural, tom vilsack, and that happens to be his birthday today. happy birthday. [applause] arne duncan, our great secretary of education, and kathleen sebelius of health and human services. [applause] not to sit it could not be here but they played a huge role in making this happen, harry reid, mike mcconnell, the ranking republican helped smooth passage of this bill, senator chambliss who was the lead republican, represented this warrior, cliburn, and mccarthy all played important roles. we're very grateful to them. give them a big round of applause [applause] it is worth noting that this bill passed with bipartisan support in both houses of congress. that has not happened as often as we look like all but the last couple of years, but it says something about our politics. it reminds us that no wonder -- no matter what people may hear about how divide

nancy pelosi. to the outstanding senators, blanche lincoln and tom harkin, who worked so hard to get this done. members of the house of representatives millerdelauro, and platts who worked so hard to make this happen. we're show grateful to you. and three of my outstanding members of my cabinet who worked tirelessly on this issue, secretary of agriculture tom vilsack -- it happens to be his birthday today. happy birthday. secretary arne duncan, our great secretary of education. and secretary kathleen sebelius of health and human services. they could not be here today but they played a huge role in making this happen -- senator harry reid, the majority leader in the senate. senator mike mcconnell the ranking republican who helped facilitate the smooth passage of this bill. senator chambliss, the lead republican. republicans hoyer, clyburn, and mccarthy all played important roles, and so we're very grateful to them. give them a big round of applause. it is worth noting that this bill passed with bipartisan support in both houses of congress. that has happened as often as we would like over the last couple of years, but i think it says somethi

nancy pelosi. to the outstanding senators, blanche lincoln and tom harkin, who worked so hard to get this done. members of the house of representatives millertts who worked so hard to make this happen. we're show grateful to you. and three of my outstanding members of my cabinet who worked tirelessly on this issue, secretary of agriculture tom vilsack -- it happens to be his birthday today. happy birthday. secretary arne duncan, our great secretary of education. and secretary kathleen sebelius of health and human services. they could not be here today but they played a huge role in making this happen -- senator harry reid, the majority leader in the senate. senator mike mcconnell the ranking republican who helped facilitate the smooth passage of this bill. senator chambliss, the lead republican. republicans hoyer, clyburn, and mccarthy all played important roles, and so we're very grateful to them. give them a big round of applause. it is worth noting that this bill passed with bipartisan support in both houses of congress. that has happened as often as we would like over the last couple of years, but i think it says something about our pol